2013: Sanju Samson

He is entirely a Rajasthan Royals special production. The skillful Kerala lad showed that he’s got the temperament and the talent to bat against the best of the best bowlers in the world’s most competitive cricket league. He is not one who clobbers the sixes with force, but he plays with a conventional technique and relies on timing more than anything else. He surely is a future star in the making.